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McGuinness comments after Mo Mowlam death

Commenting after learning of the death of the former British Secretary of
State Mo Mowlam Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness said:

"Mo Mowlam brought a unique energy to the search for a political settlement
when she was first appointed after the 1997 British general election. She
was an obvious departure from previous British Secretaries of State.

"She played a crucial role in the negotiations which led to the Good Friday
Agreement and it is that Agreement which will be remembered as her political
legacy here.

"We were of course always conscious of the fact that she was a British
Minister and was at the mercy of the securocrats within the NIO system.
There was of course occasions when we clashed, most notably when she caved
into Orange Order threats and forced an Orange march along the Garvaghy Road
in Portadown and when she authorised the bugging of a car used by Gerry
Adams and myself during the negotiations.

"However Mo Mowlam will be remembered fondly by the vast majority of Irish
people and I would extend my thoughts and sympathies to her husband John and
the rest of her family at this time." ENDS